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I hope after the combine Nix goes top 10, I've always liked the kid. And hopefully Johnny football goes top 10 but idk about that.... Ultimately dropping Watkins down farther and farther making to us in a perfect world.
 
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Ultimately, I think it'll come down to who the Raiders, Bucs, and Vikings pick. If none of those 3 teams take Watkins (which is a stretch), I think the Lions have a chance. Despite Doug Marrone's offensive scheme, I can't see the Bills prioritizing a WR over a tackle or linebacker. They already have Stevie Johnson, and took WRs Robert Woods (2nd round) and Marquise Goodwin (3rd round) last year. And their offensive line had trouble keeping their QBs healthy this year.
 
Ultimately, I think it'll come down to who the Raiders, Bucs, and Vikings pick. If none of those 3 teams take Watkins (which is a stretch), I think the Lions have a chance. Despite Doug Marrone's offensive scheme, I can't see the Bills prioritizing a WR over a tackle or linebacker. They already have Stevie Johnson, and took WRs Robert Woods (2nd round) and Marquise Goodwin (3rd round) last year. And their offensive line had trouble keeping their QBs healthy this year.

Any team who goes with the BPA philosophy will have Watkins in play. Would the Bills take a lesser talent just because it is a position of need, or because they have drafted there before? We have to hope for a lot of quarterbacks and tackles to climb the board. It can happen. I'm not sold on the other wide outs or Dennard, I'd hope Barr falls to us.
 
Any team who goes with the BPA philosophy will have Watkins in play. Would the Bills take a lesser talent just because it is a position of need, or because they have drafted there before? We have to hope for a lot of quarterbacks and tackles to climb the board. It can happen. I'm not sold on the other wide outs or Dennard, I'd hope Barr falls to us.

I'm also definitely not sold on the other WRs. Mike Evans and Kelvin Benjamin are freak athletes, but are both relatively raw and have some other concerns. What position would you want Barr to play for us? I'm not sure if he's big enough to be a 4-3 DE. He's only 245lbs.
 
I'm also definitely not sold on the other WRs. Mike Evans and Kelvin Benjamin are freak athletes, but are both relatively raw and have some other concerns. What position would you want Barr to play for us? I'm not sure if he's big enough to be a 4-3 DE. He's only 245lbs.

demeco ryans plays the "predator" position for the eagles....we could use one of those lol.
 
I'm also definitely not sold on the other WRs. Mike Evans and Kelvin Benjamin are freak athletes, but are both relatively raw and have some other concerns. What position would you want Barr to play for us? I'm not sure if he's big enough to be a 4-3 DE. He's only 245lbs.

Anthony Barr 6'4 248
Willie Young 6'4 251

Barr looks like a young Jason Taylor in the way he plays.
 
Anthony Barr 6'4 248
Willie Young 6'4 251

Barr looks like a young Jason Taylor in the way he plays.

Well, I guess we'll see if he makes it to #10. Not that Kiper's Big Board means anything, but he has Barr rated as the #2 prospect.
 
We should be able to forego our rd 1 draft this year for the rights to jameis Winston when he comes out :D
 
late 1st early 2nd target Jordan Matthews played today. 5 catches 143 yds. 29 ypc. 2 tds:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:10242418

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:10242556

Hard to tell if those two plays were just awful coverage or great speed (1st one) and great route-running (2nd one) since there's no replay.
If Watkins goes before our pick at 10, I'd rather wait til the 2nd round to get a WR. In that case, maybe Matthews is a viable option.
 
Hard to tell if those two plays were just awful coverage or great speed (1st one) and great route-running (2nd one) since there's no replay.
If Watkins goes before our pick at 10, I'd rather wait til the 2nd round to get a WR. In that case, maybe Matthews is a viable option.

kids got blazing speed.....it really shows on his end o rounds. He reminds me of a poor mans larry fitzgerald coming out. Not to mention he kind of looks like him with a helmet on lol. His best attribute is hes a team player with a great attitude....not a dickhole like mike evans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9o61zO2ucE
 
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kids got blazing speed.....it really shows on his end o rounds. He reminds me of a poor mans larry fitzgerald coming out. Not to mention he kind of looks like him with a helmet on lol. His best attribute is hes a team player with a great attitude....not a dickhole like mike evans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9o61zO2ucE

In that case, he sounds a lot better. Especially since his best attribute is that he's a team player with a great attitude. He's got good size at 6'3". I'd definitely be up for taking him with our 2nd pick then. I didn't mean to say he was awful, I just couldn't tell much from the 2 plays.
 
He looked great, speedy and big. Houston's D looked terrible.
 
That highlight video should come with glow sticks.
 
I think it's going to come down to who the Raiders, Bucs, Vikings, and Bills take. If all 4 pass on Watkins, then I think we can get him. What would you guys say the needs are of those 4 teams? I haven't researched it yet. Below is why I don't think the other teams before will take him.

Pick Record Team
1 2-14 Houston Texans-already have Hopkins and Johnson, have more pressing needs
2 3-13 Washington Redskins-not 100% sure, but I think they have more pressing needs
3 4-12 Jacksonville Jaguars-need a qb plus a bunch more
4 4-12 Cleveland Browns-need a qb
5 4-12 Oakland Raiders-who knows what the Raiders will do (who ever does?)
6 4-12 Atlanta Falcons-already have Roddy White and Julio Jones
7 4-12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8 5-10-1 Minnesota Vikings
9 6-10 Buffalo Bills
10 7-9 Detroit Lions

Looking at that top 10, no way i see Watkins falling to us. We would have to trade up or pray for a miracle
 
Agree Tony. Who is next is a better question.

At #10? Gotta see the combine first but they need WR or CB. Studs like Evans, Lee, Gilbert and Dennard top my list after Watkins. We somehow land Watkins i will lose it ...
 
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